ETNK1

protein-coding

ethanolamine kinase 1

Gene summary

This gene encodes an ethanolamine kinase, which functions in the first committed step of the phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis pathway. This cytosolic enzyme is specific for ethanolamine and exhibits negligible kinase activity on choline. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

MANE transcript

NM_018638.5

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:35

Top phenotype

Teratoma

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.14

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr12:22,625,075-22,690,665

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~65.6 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to ETNK1 variants in ClinVar

2 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 32
TeratomaTotal: 1

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_018638.5. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
1
clinvar
1
missense
33
clinvar
33
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
1
clinvar
1
Total00350035
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 29 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_018638.5RefSeqNP_061108.38MANE Select
ENST00000266517.9EnsemblENSP00000266517.48MANE Select
NM_001039481.2RefSeqNP_001034570.23Standard
ENST00000335148.8EnsemblENSP00000334041.43Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Glycerophospholipid metabolism - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Kennedy pathway from Sphingolipids
  • One carbon metabolism and related pathways
  • Metabolism of lipids
  • Metabolism

Biological Process

  • phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic process
  • phosphorylation

Molecular Function

  • ethanolamine kinase activity
  • protein binding
  • ATP binding

Cellular Component

  • nucleoplasm
  • cytosol
  • plasma membrane
  • membrane

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000266517
Coding exons
8
Length
65591
Individuals with no LoFs
125725
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
23
Defined
125748
p
0.0000915
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense1.911612450.6560.00001152930
Missense (PolyPhen)3088.1750.340231123
Synonymous-0.03259594.61.000.00000438875
Loss of Function3.70321.50.1390.00000105242

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.0000780.000062rare
Latino/Admixed American0.000370.00035rare
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian00.0absent
Finnish0.0000550.000046rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000490.000044rare
South Asian0.000130.00013rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Highly specific for ethanolamine phosphorylation. May be a rate-controlling step in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.107

Intolerance Scores

LoFtool
0.292
RVIS EVS
0.04
RVIS percentile EVS
56.92

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Essential (gene trap)
K
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.992

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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